The Ukrainian Weekly 1983, No.41
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www.ukrweekly.com Published by the Ukrainian National Association inc., a fraternal non-profit association! rainian Weekly voi Li No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9,1983 ^5 cents x 18,000 attend famine memorial events in D.C. Scene at the Washington Monument from memorial rally to commemorate the victims of the Great Famine in Ukraine. Crowd rallies at Washington Monument Ukrainians protest near Soviet Embassy by Roma Hadzewycz As the rally progressed and buses by George B. Zarycky Soviet Embassy here on Sunday after- carrying Ukrainians from throughout noon, October 2. to commemorate the WASHlNGTON - Thousands of the United States continued to arrive, WASHINGTON An estimated '50th anniversary of the artificial famine Ukrainians gathered in the shadow of the crowd of 6,000 tripled in siy.c to an 18,000 Ukrainians, marching in a pha– in Ukraine which killed 7 million people the Washington Monument on Sunday estimated 18,000. according to Wash– lanx that at one point stretched nearly a in 1932-33. morning, October 2. to mourn those of (Continued on page 12) mile, assembled within 500 feet of the As the marchers moved down 16th their kinsmen who had perished in the Street toward the embassy, m?ny carry– Great Famine of 1932-33 and to renew ing colorful banners castigating the their pledge to always remember and to Soviet regime, they were met by a large never allow the world to forget the They came from near and far contingent of uniformed police, who holocaust inflicted upon the Ukrainian by Marta Kolomayets in the Ukrainian press and through had cordoned off the block between K nation by the Soviet regime. word ol mouth. They all came to and L streets near the embassy, which is They began arriving shortly after 9 WASHINGTON - They came honor the memory ol innocent between L and M streets. Over 15 blue a.m. in preparation forthe 10a.m. rally. from all over the United States; they victims Ukrainian brothers and Metro Police cruisers lined the street, By the time the program began, the came by bus, by car, by train and by sisters — and to make others aware while others were parked bumper to grounds near the Sylvan Theater were plane. of the Soviets' horrible crime against bumper scaling off both ends of the filled with a sea of placards and banners, They all converged upon the na– humanity. block. some identifying the hometowns of the tion's capital. Some 18,000 Ukrai– Pawlo Malar, of Syracuse. N.Y., Police had expected a group of some groups in attendance or the organiza– nian Americans gathered at the was an eyewitness to the famine in 5,000 people, but as row after row of tions present, others scoring the USSR Washington Monument on Sunday, the Poltava region. He, along with a demonstrators continued to stream for crimes against humanity such as the October 2. for one reason: they came full bus of Plast members and down 16th Street, it soon became clear artificially created famine, and still to commemorate the millions of parishioners of St. John's Ukrainian that at least three times as many were at others warning the free world to beware victims of the Great Famine in Catholic and St. Luke's Ukrainian the rally. The first to arrive at the police of the ever-present Soviet threat. Ukraine 1932-33. Orthodox churches, traveled to barricades were members of the Plast During the two-and-a-half-hour Some had carried the memory of Washington to rightfully commemo– Ukrainian Youth Organization - 1,000 rally, the participants heard speakers - the tragedy in their hearts and in rffi^fe. rate the great tragedy. strong — who marched in uniformed including a representative of President minds for 50 years. Some knew only "As a 22-year-old student in the formations behind a large banner, it Ronald Reagan and Rep. Don Ritterof of the genocide through stories told city. І saw the trucks coming around took another 40 minutes for the rest of Pennsylvania - expressing sympathy by parents and relatives. Still rthers. to pick up the corpses. 1 saw death all the huge crowd to make its way from for the loss of 7 million lives and lauding sccond– and third-generation L krai– around me. "he stated, recalling the the Washington Monument. the Ukrainian nation's courage and nians. learned or the h,ii,, iust famine veai ,v "And through the years As the crowd continued to swell, continued resistance to Soviet Commu– through F.nglish-language accounts (Continued on page 11) many groups were forced to fan out on nist subjugation. ВЯЯЯК^Ь - ^ -'v :l ,C^? Г^їїЙ^^ЙК^2^ШЇ (Continued on page 13) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9,1983 No. 41 Florio introduces famine bill UACC holds national conference WASH1NGTON - The Ukrainian session was held alter the reports were - WASH1NGTON - New Jersey Rep. American Coordinating Council held submitted. James J. Florio (D) on Tuesday. Sep– in annual conference here on Saturdav. Sen. Yuzyk then delivered a report on tember 27, during the Great Famine October 1. with the participation -of his efforts to serve as mediator between Memorial Week, introduced a bill to delegates ot those organizations that the Committee for Law and Order and establish a commission to study the had walked out in protest against by- the current UCCA leadership. Unfor– 1932-33 famine caused by the Soviet laws violations and procedural irregula– tunately. Sen. Yuzyk noted, the execu– government in Ukraine. rities at the 13th UCCA Congress in tive vice president of the UCCA, lgna– The bill. HR 3993. has been referred October 1980. tius Billinsky. felt that it was unnecessary to the House Committee on Foreign for a Canadian representative to inter- Affairs. Thirty-two congressmen have The national conference unanimous– ly approved the сгеапол of the UACC. fere in U.S. Ukrainian community joined ftep. Florio as co-sponsors of the matters. Mr. Billinsky also believed that bill. affirmed that the May 15 meeting in New York City - at which the Com– mediation by Church leaders is not in The purpose of the commission, as mittee for Law and Order in the UCCA keeping with UCCA policies. Sen. "noted in the bill, is to conduct a study of was transformed into the Ukrainian Yuzyk said. the famine in order to "expand the American Coordinating Council — was During the course of the conference, world's knowledge of the famine" and the UACC's founding meeting, and several greetings were read, among them to "provide the American public with a approved the acts of incorporation and messages from Bishop Basil Losten of better understanding of the Soviet by-laws already filed in the state of the Stamlord Ukrainian Catholic Epar– system by revealing the Soviet role in Delaware. chy. and from Pastor Wladimir Borow– the Ukraine famine." Rep. James J. Florio sky of the Ukrainian Evangelical The duties of the commission enume– The UACC, in the words of John O. such member shall be selected, after Alliance of North America. rated in the bill are: Flis. its chairman, is a national repre– consultation with the minority leader of Mr. Flis reported to the conference e to conduct a study of the 1932-33 sentation of Ukrainians in America, an the Senate, from the minority party of delegates that the UACC had already famine; organization that will continue the the Senate. traditions of the pre-1980 Ukrainian been incorporated in the state of Dela– " to provide interim reports to the "One member shall be from among Congress Committee of America. ware. and he asked the secretary to read House and Senate; officers and employees of each of the the proposed temporary by-laws of the e to provide any available informa– A total of 122 delegates representing Departments of State, Education, and organization. After a brief discussion tion to Congress, the executive branch, 30 national organizations participated Health and Human Services and shall proved that the delegates approved of educational institutions, libraries, news in the conference, which was conducted be appointed by the president, after the draft, the conference unanimously media and the general public; by Dmytro Korbutiak, chairman; Prof. consultation with the secretaries of the Michael voskobiynyk and Zenon decided that the conference has all the e to submit a final report no later respective departments. Wasylkewych, vice chairmen; Olha powers of a convention and, thus, they than three years after its organizational "Twelve members shall be from the Kuzmowycz and Wolodymyr Jaciw, ratified the UACC founding meeting of meeting: Ukrainian American community at secretaries; and Dr. Myron B. Kuropas, May 15. accepted the name Ukrainian " to publish the results of the study large and Ukrainian American chartered English-language secretary. American Coordinating Council and for use by the Congress, the executive human-rights groups and shall be adopted the proposed by-laws. branch, educational institutions, libra– During the conference, Canadian appointed by the chairman of the Sen. Paul Yuzyk delivered a message of it was then decided that a special by- ries and the general public. commission in consultation with con– The bill provides that the commission best wishes for the conference from laws committee would work on the gressional members of the commission, Ukrainians of Canada. permanent by-laws. will be composed of 21 members as the Ukrainian American community at The agenda of the meeting included The UACC executive, with the addi– follows. large, and executive boards of Ukrai– reports of officers. Mr. Flis reported on tion of several officers from the younger "Four members shall be members of nian American chartered human-rights the fruitless negotiations with the generation, was then re-elected: the House of Representatives and shall groups." be appointed by the speaker of the current UCCA leadership.